Abstract: A television viewer uses a PIP format for display of program related information such as television program listings from a program schedule data base in the background and moving, real time or stored video clip images of a program selected from the displayed listings in the PIP window. All the text of the background information lies outside the PIP window. In one embodiment, as the viewer selects a particular program from the display of current television program listings by means of a cursor or a code number, the corresponding program automatically appears in the PIP window.

Abstract: Containers and container liners are provided according to embodiments of the present invention. In particular embodiments of the present invention, containers and container liners are provided which include micronized silver and a bisphenol A epoxy resin and/or a bisphenol A polycarbonate.

Abstract: A television system has a television viewing mode and a guide mode. The guide mode includes an electronic program guide (EPG), which provides the viewer program information for tuned programs, and a tape index guide (TIG), which provides information for programs recorded on a video cassette. In both guides, real time images of a program are displayed in a PIP window on the television screen and guide information is displayed in the background. In both guides, the viewer may switch between a currently telecast program or a recorded program. The viewer may access either guide from the television mode and vice versa. In the guide mode, the viewer may independently switch the guide information and the type of program, i.e., tuned or recorded, in the PIP window.

Abstract: A television system comprises an electronic program guide (EPG) including a picture-in-picture (PIP) window and means for returning to a last channel viewed full screen (LCF) in a television viewing mode prior to entering the guide mode. The EPG displays a program list including a listing for the LCF and text identifying it as such. This last channel listing is positioned at the top of a program list area in the guide. The viewer returns directly to the LCF in the television viewing mode by setting a cursor to the last channel listing prior to exiting the guide mode. In guides including listings for future programs, the last channel listing remains in a designated position of the program list area.

Abstract: Apparatus for electrically grounding users of saunas, particularly users of infrared saunas, includes an electrical conductor having a first end connected to an electrical ground and a second end coupled to a person using the sauna. The sauna may include a plurality of infrared heaters, which may operate in the far-infrared, or at least one convection heater. The second end of the electrical conductor may be coupled to a user through an electrically conductive body-worn strap, an electrically conductive pad or seat, or an electrically conductive bag enclosing at least a portion of a user's body.

Abstract: A television system comprises an electronic program guide (EPG) including a picture-in-picture (PIP) window and means for returning to a last channel viewed full screen (LCF) in a television viewing mode prior to entering the guide mode. The EPG displays a program list including a listing for the LCF and text identifying it as such. This last channel listing is positioned at the top of a program list area in the guide. The viewer returns directly to the LCF in the television viewing mode by setting a cursor to the last channel listing prior to exiting the guide mode. In guides including listings for future programs, the last channel listing remains in a designated position of the program list area.

Abstract: Humans and other mammals are continually exposed to toxins in the environment, toxins in ingested food and water, and toxins formed in the body through metabolism or breakdown of complex material. Such toxins impair health and contribute to disease in mammals but are difficult to avoid given the conditions of modern life. The present invention provides compositions for promoting removal of toxins from a subject which include an alkalizing agent, spore-forming bacteria, clay, at least one type of humic acid and/or at least one type of fulvic acid. Methods for use of compositions for promoting removal of toxins from a subject are described.

Abstract: Methods of promoting health are provided according to embodiments of the present invention which include establishing a plurality of neighborhood centers for providing healthy diet, detoxification and lifestyle protocols to the public. In preferred embodiments, the healthy diet protocols provided by the neighborhood centers include recommendation of foods which pass the Available Before Civilization Test requiring that the foods 1) are native to Africa; 2) require no human processing, including heating or cooking, to either gain access to, or digest or derive nutrition from the food in its natural form; 3) are not toxic if consumed raw; and 4) are not newly hybridized within the last 125,000 years or genetically modified.

Abstract: The present invention describes a method of providing an eating plan having a very low concentration of natural toxins is described according to the present invention. In particular embodiments, foods low in synthetic and/or naturally occurring toxins are included in diet protocols for individuals to promote healthy eating. Methods of promoting health are provided according to embodiments of the present invention which include providing a diet protocol to the public, the diet protocol including recommendation of foods low in synthetic and/or naturally occurring toxins which pass the Available Before Civilization Test requiring that the foods 1) are native to Africa; 2) require no human processing, including heating or cooking, to either gain access to, or digest or derive nutrition from the food in its natural form; 3) are not toxic if consumed raw; and 4) are not newly hybridized within the last 125,000 years or genetically modified.

Abstract: Compositions provided according to embodiments of the present invention include an inorganic clay admixed with an iodine-containing substance. Suitable iodine-containing substances include I2 and/or one or more iodine salts. Methods of treating a condition or disorder are provided according to the present invention which include administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a composition including an inorganic clay admixed with an iodine-containing substance to an affected subject. Optionally, the composition is administered in an article of manufacture to the affected area.

Abstract: Operation of a video cassette player is facilitated by providing a VBI decoder which decodes information, such as title, channel, date, time and length of broadcast programs and utilizing the information in providing directory of the programs as well as control of the VCR. The video cassette player is also provided with a VBI encoder for inserting control as well as directory information into the tape, either in the VBI portions of the video track or in the control track.

Abstract: A method for enabling a music listener to receive audio or auxiliary information about a particular musical selection includes providing a database storing a plurality of musical selections and auxiliary information relating to each selection. A request from a remote location is received, where the request is to obtain audio or auxiliary information about one of the musical selections stored in the database. The audio or auxiliary information is communicated to the requester.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the invention is a system and method for simultaneously displaying advertisements with an electronic program guide (EPG). The system displays television schedule information in rows of schedule information items including the time and channel for at least a portion of the displayed television schedule information items. An advertisement is selected for display from a plurality of advertisements, and the selected advertisement is displayed between two rows of the schedule information items simultaneously with the displayed television schedule information items.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for reducing the exposure of a human eye to external radio frequency (RF) radiation comprises eyeglass frames and/or a lens, positioned in front of the eye, and a material, intentionally added on or in the frames or lens, which is operative to shield, attenuate, or reflect high-frequency RF energy. The invention is also applicable to contact lenses without frames. The invention is also effective in shielding the human brain and other tissues. In the preferred embodiments, the material is operative to shield, attenuate, or reflect energy in the range of 100 MHz to 30 GHz and/or provide an RF power reduction of at least 25 percent. The material may include ferrite beads. Embedded components may include an RF detector and circuitry to actively attenuate the level of RF energy received in response to the detected level, or an RF detector and circuitry to alert a user as to the level of RF energy received in response to the detected level. The alert may be visual or audible.

Abstract: Compressed codes of as few as 1 to 8 digits, which are decoded by a decoder to convert the compressed code into channel, date, time and length information, identify single TV programs or a category of programs and are stored at a central location accessible over telephone lines through pay-per-use, toll free or regular toll numbers from remote locations. The channel, date, time and length information is used to select channels, start recording, and stop recording at the appropriate time or to control viewing on a TV.

Abstract: A television viewer uses a PIP format for display of program related information such as television program listings from a program schedule data base in the background and moving, real time or stored video clip images of a program selected from the displayed listings in the PIP window. All the text of the background information lies outside the PIP window. In one embodiment, as the viewer selects a particular program from the display of current television program listings by means of a cursor or a code number, the corresponding program automatically appears in the PIP window.

Abstract: A television system allows a viewer of a text-enhanced television program to pause the program at a particular frame, browse the enhancements at his or her leisure, and then resume viewing the program from that frame, without losing continuity of the video and enhancement portions of the program, or program content. This is accomplished by time-shifting the television program for later playback. Time-shifting is accomplished through the use of mass storage devices such as semiconductor memory, optical disks, magnetic storage and other FIFO data storage structures. Markers are available that allow the viewer to return to the program at the point that he stopped watching, replaying the program from that point. Text enhancements are provided through the VBI present in a conventional television broadcast signal, through an Internet connection, or by a wireless means such as a pager or cordless telephone.

Abstract: A television system has a television viewing mode and a guide mode. The guide mode includes an electronic program guide (EPG), which provides the viewer program information for tuned programs, and a tape index guide (TIG), which provides information for programs recorded on a video cassette. In both guides, real time images of a program are displayed in a PIP window on the television screen and guide information is displayed in the background. In both guides, the viewer may switch between a currently telecast program or a recorded program. The viewer may access either guide from the television mode and vice versa. In the guide mode, the viewer may independently switch the guide information and the type of program, i.e., tuned or recorded, in the PIP window.

Abstract: A television viewer uses a PIP format for display of program related information such as television program listings from a program schedule data base in the background and moving, real time or stored video clip images of a program selected from the displayed listings in the PIP window. All the text of the background information lies outside the PIP window. In one embodiment, as the viewer selects a particular program from the display of current television program listings by means of a cursor or a code number, the corresponding program automatically appears in the PIP window.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for providing text information which identifies audio program selections, such as musical selections, stored on a compact disk (CD). Digital identification numbers encoded on the disk are provided by a compact disk player to a digital processor having a memory storage device. The identification numbers include an album identification number, and the track number selected for play. The memory storage device has stored therein text data identifying a plurality of program selections, organized by album and track identification number. The identification signals provided by the CD player are used to address the proper identifying text data for the selection being played. The identifying text data may be organized for radio broadcast along with the musical selection, and a receiver is used to display the data in text form to identify the musical selection as it is being reproduced.